Spyro says he won’t leave money behind for his children. He also opens up on ₦100 million songs that underperformed and what being a ‘Jesus boy’ really means.
Would you leave a fortune behind for your children? Spyro wouldn’t, and he has a reason.
An old interview clip of the Afrobeats singer is doing the rounds online again, and his take on generational wealth is getting people talking. He says he doesn’t believe in leaving money for his children after he dies. In many homes, that’s supposed to be the whole point of working hard, so it’s a surprising thing to hear.
His logic is simple. Once he’s gone, he can’t control what happens next. In his words, “after I’m gone, I don’t know what you’re doing with it.” He also said that if someone loses favour and has no money left, that’s it. Finished.
The clip popped up just days after he appeared on the Nevon HQ podcast, where he spoke about a hard childhood and how harshly his father treated him. So people were already paying attention.
Money came up in another way too. Spyro says he’s spent as much as ₦100 million on some songs, only for them to underperform. Imagine checking the streams afterwards and wondering, “What’s going on?”
That’s a lot of naira for a song that didn’t take off. He says the most he’s spent on a single music video is around ₦50 million. It’s an older interview, though, so those figures may not match what he spends today.
Then there’s the faith angle. Spyro is open about loving and serving God, but he says that doesn’t make him a gospel artist.
“Na me be Jesus boy, my music is not necessarily Jesus music,” he said.
He also admitted that many artistes aren’t proud to let their children watch their music videos. That’s a bold thing to say out loud.
So, what do you make of it?
You might agree with Spyro, or you might think leaving something for the kids is only fair. Either way, it’s not often a big name talks this openly about money, faith and his own career.
Nobody can say he’s pretending. And it does make you wonder what you’d do in his shoes.
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